Disruption of magnetospheric current sheet by quasi-electrostatic field

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1941-1950

  Liu, W W ^a   Liang, J ^a  

^a CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetospheric physics (Electric fields, MHD waves and instabilities, Plasma sheet)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAGNETOSPHERE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERTURBATION; PLASMA;

EID: 72049121953     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-1941-2009     Document Type: Article

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